Author: James Cowell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781549787973
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The attractive Miss Martina Jayne Locke did not show up for work. Found in her house was a murdered woman. While searching for the killer, Detective Burton found that the redheaded secretary had had a secret life.George Irish was well-liked by all. While some of his closest friends knew he had an addiction to sex, there was one lover he told no one about.Ezra Smith was a part-time photographer. To become famous, he was looking for the perfect model: a woman with a beautiful smile and a gorgeous body. She also had to be good in bed. During his search, he preyed upon women that were not only financially strapped, but starved for romance as well.Set in South Centralia, a much overlooked locale on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, this novel delves into madness, illicit desires, and numerous affairs.Before MTV, HIV, the Internet, and cell phones, there was 1979. Herpes was in the news, and Vietnam was over. It was a time for smoking marijuana and waiting for Skylab to crash to the earth--which it did--one week after the Fourth of July fireworks on July 11.
The Solar Eclipse Murder
Author: James Cowell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781549787973
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The attractive Miss Martina Jayne Locke did not show up for work. Found in her house was a murdered woman. While searching for the killer, Detective Burton found that the redheaded secretary had had a secret life.George Irish was well-liked by all. While some of his closest friends knew he had an addiction to sex, there was one lover he told no one about.Ezra Smith was a part-time photographer. To become famous, he was looking for the perfect model: a woman with a beautiful smile and a gorgeous body. She also had to be good in bed. During his search, he preyed upon women that were not only financially strapped, but starved for romance as well.Set in South Centralia, a much overlooked locale on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, this novel delves into madness, illicit desires, and numerous affairs.Before MTV, HIV, the Internet, and cell phones, there was 1979. Herpes was in the news, and Vietnam was over. It was a time for smoking marijuana and waiting for Skylab to crash to the earth--which it did--one week after the Fourth of July fireworks on July 11.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781549787973
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The attractive Miss Martina Jayne Locke did not show up for work. Found in her house was a murdered woman. While searching for the killer, Detective Burton found that the redheaded secretary had had a secret life.George Irish was well-liked by all. While some of his closest friends knew he had an addiction to sex, there was one lover he told no one about.Ezra Smith was a part-time photographer. To become famous, he was looking for the perfect model: a woman with a beautiful smile and a gorgeous body. She also had to be good in bed. During his search, he preyed upon women that were not only financially strapped, but starved for romance as well.Set in South Centralia, a much overlooked locale on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio, this novel delves into madness, illicit desires, and numerous affairs.Before MTV, HIV, the Internet, and cell phones, there was 1979. Herpes was in the news, and Vietnam was over. It was a time for smoking marijuana and waiting for Skylab to crash to the earth--which it did--one week after the Fourth of July fireworks on July 11.
After the Eclipse
Author: Sarah Perry
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544302656
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
A fierce memoir of a mother's murder, a daughter's coming-of-age in the wake of immense loss, and her mission to know the woman who gave her life
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544302656
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
A fierce memoir of a mother's murder, a daughter's coming-of-age in the wake of immense loss, and her mission to know the woman who gave her life
Solar Eclipse
Author: John Farris
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780812509571
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Bruised and bleeding stuntwoman Shay Waco and her eleven-year-old daughter have just survived a car crash and a sixty-foot drop through a nest of conifers. They enter a lone house for help and instead find a family sitting around a dinner table--with bullets in their heads. Sheriff Tobin Bonner, an ex-DEA agent with past he'd like to forget, investigated. His son has a bullet lodged in his brain, a gift from drug dealers when he was two. Tobin delves into the case, only to receive photos of his boy, alone and vulnerable on his daily outings. Tobin and Shay must now rely on each other to solve the murder in sunny Arizona, and if they slip up, it will be their children who pay the price.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780812509571
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Bruised and bleeding stuntwoman Shay Waco and her eleven-year-old daughter have just survived a car crash and a sixty-foot drop through a nest of conifers. They enter a lone house for help and instead find a family sitting around a dinner table--with bullets in their heads. Sheriff Tobin Bonner, an ex-DEA agent with past he'd like to forget, investigated. His son has a bullet lodged in his brain, a gift from drug dealers when he was two. Tobin delves into the case, only to receive photos of his boy, alone and vulnerable on his daily outings. Tobin and Shay must now rely on each other to solve the murder in sunny Arizona, and if they slip up, it will be their children who pay the price.
Eclipse of the Assassins
Author: Russell H. Bartley
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299306402
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
Eclipse of the Assassins investigates the sensational 1984 murder of Mexico's most influential newspaper columnist, Manuel Buendía, and how that crime reveals the lethal hand of the U.S. government in Mexico and Central America during the final decades of the twentieth century.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299306402
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
Eclipse of the Assassins investigates the sensational 1984 murder of Mexico's most influential newspaper columnist, Manuel Buendía, and how that crime reveals the lethal hand of the U.S. government in Mexico and Central America during the final decades of the twentieth century.
After the Eclipse
Author: Fran Dorricott
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1785657895
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
A “suspenseful debut” psychological thriller about loss, sisterhood, and the evil that men do—for readers of Ruth Ware and S.K. Tremeyne (Wall Street Journal). “A debut novel, written with insight and empathy as well as hair-raising suspense . . . sure to pique the reader’s interest.” —New York Journal of Books Two solar eclipses. Two missing girls. Sixteen years ago, a little girl was abducted during the darkness of a solar eclipse while her older sister Cassie was supposed to be watching her. She was never seen again. When a local girl goes missing just before the next big eclipse, Cassie—who has returned to her hometown to care for her ailing grandmother—suspects the disappearance is connected to her sister: that whoever took Olive is still out there. But she needs to find a way to prove it, and time is running out.
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1785657895
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
A “suspenseful debut” psychological thriller about loss, sisterhood, and the evil that men do—for readers of Ruth Ware and S.K. Tremeyne (Wall Street Journal). “A debut novel, written with insight and empathy as well as hair-raising suspense . . . sure to pique the reader’s interest.” —New York Journal of Books Two solar eclipses. Two missing girls. Sixteen years ago, a little girl was abducted during the darkness of a solar eclipse while her older sister Cassie was supposed to be watching her. She was never seen again. When a local girl goes missing just before the next big eclipse, Cassie—who has returned to her hometown to care for her ailing grandmother—suspects the disappearance is connected to her sister: that whoever took Olive is still out there. But she needs to find a way to prove it, and time is running out.
Death in the Stars
Author: Frances Brody
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250154790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Suspecting the true nature of a theater actress' invitation to a viewing party at a school chapel during an eclipse in 1927 Yorkshire, Kate Shackleton investigates the suspicious death of one of the actress' co-stars, the third to have died recently under mysterious circumstances. --Publisher.
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1250154790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Suspecting the true nature of a theater actress' invitation to a viewing party at a school chapel during an eclipse in 1927 Yorkshire, Kate Shackleton investigates the suspicious death of one of the actress' co-stars, the third to have died recently under mysterious circumstances. --Publisher.
Dolores Claiborne
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780785727095
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Accused of murdering the old woman whose house she cleaned, Dolores Claiborne is forced to explain a few things from her past, like the circumstances surrounding her husband's death years before
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780785727095
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Accused of murdering the old woman whose house she cleaned, Dolores Claiborne is forced to explain a few things from her past, like the circumstances surrounding her husband's death years before
Double Eclipse
Author: Joslyn Chase
Publisher: Joslyn Chase
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
One mystery. One thriller. Double the suspense. Dark Sky, Full Circle An eclipse is coming. An eclipse that will obscure the sun and expose the sins of four guilty men. When the sky grows dark, they will have come full circle. Ride over. Payment due. Covenant of Peace Every year, on the 17th of August, Tabitha Wilkins runs nine miles. Her chest aches, her head hurts, and blisters sprout on the bottoms of her feet, but she endures the pain. She needs the pain. Four years ago, on August 17th, police found her sister’s broken body. Tabitha knows someday she’ll find the man who broke it. Looking into his eyes, she’ll make a choice—forgive him, or kill him. Two stories, intertwined beneath a total eclipse of the sun—a spectacle you won’t want to miss. Get your copy of Double Eclipse today, for a double round of high suspense! To view the book trailer, visit the Joslyn Chase YouTube channel or joslynchase.com Extras tab.
Publisher: Joslyn Chase
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
One mystery. One thriller. Double the suspense. Dark Sky, Full Circle An eclipse is coming. An eclipse that will obscure the sun and expose the sins of four guilty men. When the sky grows dark, they will have come full circle. Ride over. Payment due. Covenant of Peace Every year, on the 17th of August, Tabitha Wilkins runs nine miles. Her chest aches, her head hurts, and blisters sprout on the bottoms of her feet, but she endures the pain. She needs the pain. Four years ago, on August 17th, police found her sister’s broken body. Tabitha knows someday she’ll find the man who broke it. Looking into his eyes, she’ll make a choice—forgive him, or kill him. Two stories, intertwined beneath a total eclipse of the sun—a spectacle you won’t want to miss. Get your copy of Double Eclipse today, for a double round of high suspense! To view the book trailer, visit the Joslyn Chase YouTube channel or joslynchase.com Extras tab.
Eclipse Fever
Author: Walter Abish
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567920369
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Among the multifaceted characters whose lives interlock are Alejandro, a once-prominent literary critic fallen into disfavor; his estranged wife, Mercedes, whom he suspects of openly conducting an affair with an American writer; Bonny, the writer's runaway daughter, who is made to witness a calamitous sequence of events that culminates in murder; Preston, an American industrialist, and his sexually frustrated wife, Rita; and the unscrupulous art dealer Pech. As the lives of these people press together, as they buckle and collapse, the novel holds up a mirror to a moment in which we lived--the end of a millennium, of an era-- and to the perils, temptations, and hysteria that lie just below the surface.
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567920369
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Among the multifaceted characters whose lives interlock are Alejandro, a once-prominent literary critic fallen into disfavor; his estranged wife, Mercedes, whom he suspects of openly conducting an affair with an American writer; Bonny, the writer's runaway daughter, who is made to witness a calamitous sequence of events that culminates in murder; Preston, an American industrialist, and his sexually frustrated wife, Rita; and the unscrupulous art dealer Pech. As the lives of these people press together, as they buckle and collapse, the novel holds up a mirror to a moment in which we lived--the end of a millennium, of an era-- and to the perils, temptations, and hysteria that lie just below the surface.
Eclipse
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316008184
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
As the love triangle heats up in the third book, Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob and her romance with Edward -- and her decision could change the fate of vampires and werewolves forever. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob -- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which? It's here! #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with the highly anticipated companion, Midnight Sun: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view. "People do not want to just read Meyer's books; they want to climb inside them and live there." -- Time "A literary phenomenon." -- The New York Times
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316008184
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
As the love triangle heats up in the third book, Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob and her romance with Edward -- and her decision could change the fate of vampires and werewolves forever. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob -- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which? It's here! #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with the highly anticipated companion, Midnight Sun: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view. "People do not want to just read Meyer's books; they want to climb inside them and live there." -- Time "A literary phenomenon." -- The New York Times